New rules intended to reduce the use of antibiotics in farming in the UK have been criticised as too lax and weaker than their equivalent…
View More Post-Brexit rules on antibiotic use on farms water down EU laws, experts sayTag: Antibiotics
Rise of drug-resistant superbugs could make Covid pandemic look ‘minor’, expert warns
The Covid-19 pandemic will “look minor” compared with what humanity faces from the growing number of superbugs resistant to current drugs, Prof Dame Sally Davies,…
View More Rise of drug-resistant superbugs could make Covid pandemic look ‘minor’, expert warnsAir pollution linked to rise in antibiotic resistance that imperils human health
Air pollution is helping to drive a rise in antibiotic resistance that poses a significant threat to human health worldwide, a global study suggests. The…
View More Air pollution linked to rise in antibiotic resistance that imperils human healthUse of antibiotics in farming ‘endangering human immune system’
The blanket use of antibiotics in farming has led to the emergence of bacteria that are more resistant to the human immune system, scientists have…
View More Use of antibiotics in farming ‘endangering human immune system’Bacteria-killing viruses could combat antibiotic resistance, says UK scientist
The use of experimental therapies based on bacteria-killing viruses needs to be rapidly scaled up in the NHS to combat the worsening threat of antibiotic…
View More Bacteria-killing viruses could combat antibiotic resistance, says UK scientistParents report struggle to find antibiotics as UK strep A cases rise
Parents are reporting serious difficulties in obtaining antibiotics for their sick children, amid concerns over UK-wide shortages after rising strep A infections. While the government…
View More Parents report struggle to find antibiotics as UK strep A cases riseChildren at risk of strep A in England could be given preventive antibiotics
Primary schoolchildren at risk from a severe form of strep A could be given preventive antibiotics as a blanket measure, in a move described as…
View More Children at risk of strep A in England could be given preventive antibiotics‘I was told I was a complete idiot’ about organic farming, Charles said day before becoming king
King Charles III said he was thought of as a “complete idiot” for wanting to farm organically, but was proved right over his concerns about…
View More ‘I was told I was a complete idiot’ about organic farming, Charles said day before becoming king‘Phage therapy’ successes boost fight against drug-resistant infections
Two US patients have recovered from intractable infections after being treated with a pioneering therapy involving genetically engineered bacteria-killing viruses. The cases raise hopes that…
View More ‘Phage therapy’ successes boost fight against drug-resistant infectionsUK risks falling behind on reducing farm antibiotics after EU ban
The reputation of British farming is at risk after its failure to follow the EU in curbing the overuse of antibiotics in healthy animals, say…
View More UK risks falling behind on reducing farm antibiotics after EU ban